The Victorian railways strike of 1950: a study in public sector enterprise bargaining before its time
Robinson, Geoffrey 2016, The Victorian railways strike of 1950: a study in public sector enterprise bargaining before its time, Provenance : the journal of Public Record Office Victoria, no. 15.
From 16 October to 8 December 1950 Victorian members of the Australian Railways Union (ARU) and the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (AFULE) stopped work. This was the longest railway strike in Victorian history. This article draws on the records of the Victorian railways and unions to explain this unusual strike in which for a time Labor ‘true believers’, Communists and even railways management found a common foe in the Australian arbitration system.
Language
eng
Field of Research
160601 Australian Government and Politics 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) 2103 Historical Studies
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